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Films like Gloria.

Gloria (2014) reads as Sombre, steady, measured music / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

What the Health (2017) (2017) poster
1. What the Health2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) poster
2. What Happened, Miss Simone?2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Conviction (2019) poster
3. Conviction2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cairo 678 (2010) poster
4. Cairo 6782010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Forks Over Knives (2011) (2011) poster
5. Forks Over Knives2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Once Upon a Time in Rio (2008) poster
6. Once Upon a Time in Rio2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rustom (2016) poster
7. Rustom2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In the Name of... (2013) poster
8. In the Name of...2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pink (2016) poster
9. Pink2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022) poster
10. Ray Donovan: The Movie2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Frost/Nixon (2008) poster
11. Frost/Nixon2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

100 Streets (2016) poster
12. 100 Streets2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Gloria’s neighbours — where are yours?

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